In 1999, Senior PharmAssist created two awards, the Margaret K. Goodwin Service Award and the Thomas R. Howerton Leadership Award, to honor individuals who made extraordinary contributions to the health and lives of Durham residents. In 2011, we added the Community Health Citizenship Award to celebrate exemplary corporate leadership. And in 2014, we established the Ruth Mary Meyer Sustainability Award, a tribute to remarkable community change agents.


Margaret Goodwin and Margaret Keller

Margaret K. Goodwin Service Award Recipients

Joan M. Pellettier (1999)
Harold R. Silberman, Senior Health Center (2000)
Information and Case Assistance Staff at the Council for Senior Citizens (2001)
Ann Carole Moylan (2004)
Betty K. Borden (2006)
Elaine M. Hart-Brothers (2009)
David W. Farrell (2014)
B.J. and Bill Boyarsky (2019)
Alan A. Stone (2019)
Paul D. Nagy (2024)
Penny Parsons (2024)


Thomas R. Howerton Leadership Award Recipients

Thomas R. Howerton with Victor B. Moore

Richard L. Myers (1999)
Victor B. Moore (2000)
Margaret Q. Keller (2001)
Carolyn Robbins (2004)
Elisabeth B. Nadler (2006)
Franc A (Andy) Barada, Jr. (2009)
Daniel C. Hudgins (2011)
Gayle B. Harris (2014)
Thomas J. Bacon (2019)
Victoria D. Orto (2024)


Ruth Mary and Horst Meyer

Ruth Mary Meyer Sustainability Award Recipients

The Stewards Fund (2013)
Rebecca S. Bowden in memoriam (2019)
Victor B. Moore and Margaret Q. Keller (2024)


Community Health Citizenship Award Recipients

GlaxoSmithKline (2011)
BD Technologies and Innovation (2019)
North Carolina Seniors’ Health Insurance Information Program - NC SHIIP (2024)